(VOVworld) - The Quy Nhon University on Saturday held a meeting to respond to the Vietnam’s Sea and Islands Week and the World Oceans Day (June 8th). Deputy Minister of Education and Training Tran Quang Quy said the event aims to raise awareness of the public and the leaders of the important roles of seas and oceans, while encouraging actions for sustainable marine environment: “Efforts should be made to include the protection of marine eco-system in school curricula. Pupils, students and parents should enthusiastically join the campaign to clean beaches and ecological sites and visit islanders, whose living conditions are still difficult”.
This year's Sea and Islands Week theme is “Vietnam will become more prosperous and stronger from the sea”, the World Environment Day’s theme is “Green economy: Does it include you” and the Oceans Day’s theme is “Youth: The next wave for change”. These themes require every citizen, especially young generation, to join hands to preserve and promote the value of sea and islands environment to serve the cause of national defence and development.
At the meeting, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s leader emphasized that every Vietnamese citizen, every organization or business should enhance their responsibility for protecting the environment, sea and islands.
Vietnam has more than 1 million sq.km of sea and continental shelf, more than 3,260km of coastline and over 3,000 archipelagos and islands. To tap the great potential of sea and islands, the Party’s resolution on Vietnam’s sea strategy regards the development of maritime economy as one of five breakthroughs in the national strategy for economic development from now until 2020 and beyond.
Ba Ria-Vung Tau province has led other localities in exploiting the sea and islands for economic growth. With its maritime economy holding large proportion in the provincial economic structure, it has been able to maintain high socio-economic growth in recent years.